Off the street, not out of the cold

Our House residents adjust to power loss; shelter’s food spoils

Rick McFarland
Georgia Mjartan, executive director of the Our House shelter in Little Rock, looks at what food remains Thursday after an extended power failure led to spoilage.

The only light that 8-yearold Bryant Kwon O’Neal has seen inside the Our House shelter since 3:30 p.m. on Christmas Day was the glow of a handheld video game, which he played until the batteries ran out.